Re: Wrong type error in dbus method

From:

Patrick Michael Niedzielski

Subject:

Re: Wrong type error in dbus method

Date:

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:45:45 +0000

Hi,
On Mon, 2010-07-05 at 11:00 +0200, Thien-Thi Nguyen wrote:
> () Michael Albinus <address@hidden>
> () Sat, 03 Jul 2010 10:59:06 +0200
>
> Which information do you miss in the dbus info manual?
>
> I typed ‘i’ and Emacs beeped: "No index". That's a big hole.
> [If i were maintaining Emacs, i would add "all manuals have an
> index" as a strong requirement in admin/FOR-RELEASE (Manuals).]
I cannot confirm this particular problem, because I use Debian, which
doesn't give me manuals by default. I found the dbus documntation only
by going to the CVS repo and downloading the texinfo file.
> Re this particular problem (incorrect list construction), perhaps
> where it reads:
>
> All other arguments args are passed to METHOD as arguments. They
> are converted into D-Bus types as described in *note Type
> Conversion::.
>
> you could link to the Emacs Lisp manual, node "(elisp) Building Lists".
> I see this blurb is repeated in both Synchronous Methods and Asynchronous
> Methods, so another idea is to add to Overview a small section "Audience",
> with appropriate hints/links on Emacs Lisp programming, message bus fu,
> network etiquette, etc. The primary message there would be "to get the
> best out of this manual (& the API it describes & the peers with whom you
> will likely be communicating), move your mind here, first". Of course,
> if you are a mechanism/policy separation purist, this might chafe a bit.
I believe my infamiliarity with LISP was the biggest problem; I didn't
think that quote would not evalute anything, just not evalute the list
as a function. However, what you are suggesting probably would have
helped me. In fact, if placed with the Type Conversion section, I think
it would have solved my problem completely.
Oh, and does this list not set the reply-to header?
Cheers,
Patrick Niedzielski